Du He walked out of the palace leisurely, but he didn't know that the court had been overturned at this moment.

The various best awards promulgated by Li Shimin made the eyes of all the civil and military ministers red, from the prime minister to the officials, and the eyes of each one were filled with cold light.

No desire, no desire, that's.

When you enter the court as an official, all you want is to serve the country and make a name for yourself, and you have great power in your hands.

If Li Shimin is named the best minister of the year, the best general of the year, the best counselor of the year, etc., this is undoubtedly an affirmation of their efforts this year, and fame and power will naturally follow.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all praised Li Shimin for his wisdom and praised him as the holy lord of the Ming Dynasty.

Before this praise fell, Li Shimin dropped another bombshell.

It was in this court that Li Shimin told the idea of the Duhe polo game to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military.

Sure enough, Kong Yingda, the old man, was the first to jump out and shouted: "The plaything is demoralized!" "If Li Shimin said that he would promote people all over the world to learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, this old guy would definitely raise his hands and feet in favor.

But this promotion of fun, this old man was the first to disagree.

With his brain, he has made some achievements in literature, where does he know that the importance of sports is not inferior to books.

This is the experience of later generations.

There were not a few people who had the same idea as Old Man Kong, and one of them, surnamed Zhang, even clamored to drag the proposed minister out and behead him as an example.

Li Shimin turned his face and shouted: "This is the idea I came up with, is it that even I have to pull it out and behead it?" ”

This question frightened the official almost paralyzed, who dared to cut off his Li Shimin's head in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin is known as a Ming Jun, so he is naturally not idle. He had already expected that the promulgation of this matter would inevitably provoke discussion among the Manchu Dynasty, and before today's court meeting, he had secretly wooed Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Hou Junji, Li Ji and other ministers.

Of course, if Du He's proposal is not beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, no matter how Li Shimin tries to win him over, it is impossible for Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Li Ji, who are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, to agree.

But it is precisely because Duhe's proposal can indeed achieve good results and stimulate the people's interest in practicing equestrianism, which has been unanimously approved by them.

In the face of the overturned attack of the Confucian scholars in the DPRK and China, they quickly gave a powerful counterattack.

made the court a vegetable market, and the debate was indispensable.

However, due to the support of Li Shimin, coupled with the efforts of the two prime ministers of Fang Du and the eldest grandson Wuji, the old fox, the opinions of supporting the promotion of polo matches and holding ball games prevailed.

At this time, Wei Zheng also joined in and expressed his support for holding a polo match.

So far, several of the most impressive ministers in the DPRK have supported Li Shimin with a positive attitude.

In the end, Cheng Biting Jin seemed to make the ministers quarrel impatiently, and shouted: "What are you scholars arguing about, isn't it just for a polo match, it's worth scolding the street like this!" I like this thing the most, don't fight, I will immediately form a team when I turn back to Lao Cheng, this championship, I Lao Cheng won! If you are not convinced, even if you come to me Lao Cheng heads-up, riding a horse and archery competition can compete in strength. ”

His big spree shocked all the ministers unexpectedly.

The ministers all threw away a look of disdain for Cheng Yanjin, and a fierce general who charged on the battlefield asked them to fight these literati alone, and this thing can also be said.

Cheng Yanjin regarded these contempts as worship, and he was complacent there.

"That's it!" Li Shimin also began to play a round: "Exercise can make people have a strong body and save people from illness." This matter is conducive to the physical and mental health of the people of Datang, and I have made up my mind, so there is no need to say more. ”

Polo has been designated as the most important sport in Datang from this moment on.

To this end, Li Shimin also set up a polo supervisor, set up a polo sacrificial wine and a polo doctor, to deal with everything in the ball game.

That night, at the dinner table, Du Ruhui chuckled, looked at Du He with both eyes and said, "Then what polo is you bastard boy came up with to pay attention to!" ”

Du He didn't expect to be able to hide from this clever guy in history, so he nodded and confessed.

The eldest brother Du Gou was stunned and said, "Isn't it the emperor's own idea?" ”

Du Ruhui snorted smugly, "I have followed the emperor for many years for my father, and I can't think of this way to be the emperor's person." The emperor is just a top cylinder for Erlang. ”

If Li Shimin said that this plan was made by Du He, then the Manchu Dynasty civil and military would inevitably say that Du He was young and ignorant, and his plaything was demoralized, even if Li Shimin insisted on going his own way, there would be a large number of scribes who would accuse Du He and say that he was a minister.

Although Du He doesn't care what the world says, it's always a hassle to let people point fingers.

Li Shimin said that the way was his own, and those Confucians had no way.

It is recognized that Li Shimin listened to the advice of the virtuous, and you made it clear in the court that no matter how angry he was, he would not do anything to you. But if you want to use public opinion to attack in private and force him to comply, then don't blame him for putting you in small shoes.

Du Wei said: "The second brother is too, this polo is just for fun, why let everyone in the world learn this thing!" "Du Wei is the kind of person who is a good person, he doesn't have great skills, but he is more than enough to keep his family, and he doesn't see through the deep meaning behind this polo.

Du He smiled slightly, and did not explain much. After getting along for many months, Du Wei still took good care of his little brother and didn't argue with him.

Du Ruhui looked at his two sons with satisfaction and didn't say much.

Du Wei is the eldest son, and the foundation he has left behind after years of hard work will be inherited by him. Therefore, Du Wei does not need to be too smart, it is enough to keep the family business. Too smart, but not beautiful. Du He's second son, who suffered a little in inheritance, wanted to become a dragon and phoenix among people, everything needed to work hard by himself, so he must also have extraordinary ability. Obviously, the recent Duhe has already emerged, and it has also been recognized by Li Shimin.

Although Du Ruhui only has two sons, one is a housekeeper and the other is a businessman, which just complements each other.

The two sons are not worried, and Du Ruhui is naturally relieved in his heart, and this wish is enough.

As Li Shimin positioned polo as a national sport and issued various competitions and instructions, the entire Datang Dynasty went crazy about it.

The ancients have a heavy name, just imagine, if the team wins the title of the first in Datang, what an honor it will be.

As a result, there has been a boom in the formation of polo teams in all provinces, states, counties and counties in Datang.

Especially the major families, they threw out olive branches one by one, and hired people with excellent riding skills everywhere at a high price for training. These people don't have to work, and they can get a high salary, and they ride horses and play every day, and these good things make everyone's eyes red.

In their spare time, they also started their riding training independently, and some even got together and played indiscriminately.

Polo became popular all over the Tang Dynasty at once.

Especially the new style of polo created by Duho.

In the past, polo was a group of people fighting for the ball and hitting the goal on a very small field, and it was impossible to start a fierce competition.

However, the polo created by Duhe was not ordinary, he enlarged the playing field several times, and the formal polo field must be rectangular, no more than 300 meters long and less than 270 meters, and no more than 200 meters and less than 1800 meters wide.

The pitch is like a football, divided into left and right courts, and each team has 11 players on the pitch, divided into forwards, centers, defenders and goalkeepers.

On the field, the attacking team with the ball can charge the defender, and the defender can block head-on and meet the attack with a collision, but it is not allowed to hit from the side.

In general, the game was quite brutal and bloody. Therefore, both sides of the regular game must wear protective gear, just like rugby, the horses are armoured, and the players on the horse must also wear leather armor.

Datang Shangwu, this kind of fierce competition, just as they liked.

Polo has also become popular in a short period of time.

Of course, there is no doubt that Chang'an, the first place to become popular.

Chang'an has the most nobles, and in just ten days, nearly 100 teams have been established.

Among them, the most arrogant is Cheng Biting Jin, this product can give birth to eight sons, all of whom are copies of Cheng Biting Jin. A team has eight strikers, a centre-forward, a defender, and a goalkeeper. The game is a rampage, only offensive but not defensive, compared to Chinese kung fu football, Niu X to the extreme.

Of course, the results are the same as the national football team.

On this day, Du He was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, and Luo Tong suddenly came to the house to find him, and asked: "Qinglian, why don't we form a polo team to play!" ”